"The Ukrainian vision is that there should first be a ceasefire, and then further negotiations, since negotiations before a ceasefire create great risks of blackmail for Ukraine, said adviser to the head of the President's Office Serhiy Leshchenko."

"Our vision is first a ceasefire, and then everything else. Why? Because if we negotiate before a ceasefire, it creates big risks of blackmail for Ukraine. Because if there is a ceasefire, space for diplomacy opens up," Leshchenko said on the national telethon on Saturday.

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